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Given that three thousand fifty-nine cases of AIDS had been reported in Santa Clara County, CA, through a certain date. Those cases will be our population. Of those cases, 6.4% obtained the disease through heterosexual contact and 7.4% are female. Out of the females with the disease, 53.3% got the disease from heterosexual contact.

 

The main objective is to find P(Person is female).

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The total population of the cases is  3059 and out of those cases, 7.4% obtained the disease through females.

So, the probability if the person is female is given by :

 

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